Thursday, September 11, 2008

A letter requesting wood

I lost the rain and the wind
and wonder what I've gained
since I lost the green shade
I sometimes sink and die
Its my heart that isn't happy
and searches beneath my shoes
for things spent or lost,
Perhaps that sad land
moves in me like a ship:
but I changed planets.
The rain no longer knows me.

Pablo Neruda

2 comments:

dianne said...

I like his work; this poem is appropriate for today as we lose so many trees and forests, soon there will be no shade to protect us. xoxox

Corby said...

I think he was a genius, I love his work.

-Corby